Aribar: "I grow weary of these games... Azure, he's a weakling who cannot stand on his own two legs."

Doopliss: "I'm-a Mario, number zero-a! He's-a imposter-a Aribar!"

Metal Man (GM): Aribar: You may do your second action.

Aribar attempts another Magic Teleport to Doopliss's field.

Metal Man (GM): You bounce off like a ping-pong ball.

Aribar: "Grr..."

Doopliss: "Silly-a Aribar. Life is-a for villains!"

Azyre: *So basically we need to get into that force field.....*

Metal Man (GM): The laser cannon remains on that force field, but is not protected by it.

Doopliss: "It's a-me! Annoying-a Mustache!"

Aribar: "...Why would you want to mimic someone you hate?"

Azure puts his palms together and then pulls them back as he collects his chi energy as it forms into flames he aims it forward and fires an explosive double dragon fang that explodes on impact with anything in its path.

Azure: "Well if that's not gonna work." *He lifts into the air and then zooms toward the laser with leaving an air trail as he arches he smashes his hands around an area of it IMPACT BOUNDER!*

Metal Man (GM): Hit! It flashes wildly.

Azure: "Grabbed +5 to next attack which is now..." *Floats away for some ground then zooms at it again with a powerful bozen smash as he arches his shoulder a air spiral surrounding him as he as he goes for impact.*

Metal Man (GM): Miss! Barely.

Azure: *Zooms past the laser stopping dead for a moment.*

Doopliss: "You-a are losing-a! Eat-a this, Aribar-a!"

Aribar downs a Maple Syrup and shoots a Jolt at the cannon. 15% Electric.

Metal Man (GM): It flashes yet again... but is not stunned.

Azure: "Let's try this again..." *He floats overhead in the air and goes to grab another part of the laser an air trail swirls from his arms as he tries to impound the cursed thing IMPACT BOUNDER!*

Metal Man (GM): Hit. It flashes yet again... and is smoking.

Doopliss: "Bah. You can't defeat-a me!"

Azure he backs away again and rushes it swirling in a spiral of air as he goes heads for impact "BOZEN SMASH!"

Metal Man (GM): You hit it again. It isn't stunned, but still hit. It flashes again. he fires at Aribar yet again.

Azure: "Aribar you doing OK?"

Aribar: "...No." *He casts Minor Healing then raises the Wand of Wonder up into the air to cast Star Storm on the cannon.*

Metal Man (GM): It's hit yet again, flashing.

Doopliss: "...Stupid-a machine!"

Azure: .oO(I think I can help heal him later... but for now we have to break this thing...) *Equips his Nexus gauntlets. He flies toward the robot and goes for a straight forward double punch with his fists as he floats next to it.*

Metal Man (GM): Miss and miss.

Doopliss: "Heh." *He morphs back to his normal self He fires at Aribar.*

Metal Man (GM): If that hits, 20% more damage to Aribar.

Aribar takes a chance... He fires two Star Storms at the cannon and hopes it 'dies'.

Metal Man (GM): He dodges an explosion sent by Kuja... the smashers are dazed a bit, and Gerald, Kuja, and Doopliss run after him.

Kuja Tribal: "Blasted fool! I shouldn't have let him live!"

Wolfman: "Lynk, get back here!"

Gerald Robotnik: "Come back here! This tower belongs to us!"

Wolfman attempts to chase after Lynk... who is being chased by the others.....

Azure: "I guess we should depart. With that guy holding that weapon no telling when its gonna go off."

Smash Dexes: "Explosion in 15 minutes... the bomb as been activated."

Wolfman: .oO(I can't believe what I'm doing...) "SLAG IT!"

Aribar: "..."

Smash Dex: "...Bomb is being prematurely triggered. All Questers, evacuate the area!"

Aribar dashes into that warp.

Azure: "Well he said it..." *Floats up flying into the warp taking on last look at the building.*

Metal Man (GM): It shows an image of Lynk tossing the bomb into a large pile of boxes and fleeing... he's using his dex.

Lynk: "You'll thank me for this!"

Metal Man (GM): *WARP Cinema.*

VG: "..." *He is still in there you know (as is Wolf) "...Perhaps we'll meet again Kuja." *He goes into the warp; Wolf follows...

Metal Man (GM): Kuja, Gerald, and Doopliss arrive at the place with the bomb. VG and Wolf run into the room. http://www.vgmusic.com/music/console/sony/ps2/Seymour%27s_Theme.mid

Wolfman: *Both of us end up following Kuja* (we think)

Metal Man (GM): Lynk is standing there... with the bomb shoved in a bunch of crates.

Lynk: "Wolfman! VG! I have saved you from a horrible death weapon!"

Kuja Tribal: "Destroy him."

Gerald Robotnik: "Easy enough."

Lynk: "...Step back! I have the fighter remote!"

Metal Man (GM): Lynk pulls out the Fighter remote.

Wolfman: "...?"

Doopliss: "...How'd you get that?"

Lynk: "I swapped the real one for a plastic one before I died..."

Wolfman: .oO(Probably due to something stupid on my part...)

Lynk: "It's all come down to this!"

Kuja Tribal: "You cannot defeat me. No one can."

Wolfman: .oO(How did he get it away from Mewtwo and myself anyway?)

Lynk: "I do not need to!"

VG: "...what type of deal do you want here...? You wouldn't have mentioned this remote without something up your sleeve."

Lynk: "If any of you move, this explodes, along with all three of you. Oh, and Wolfman and VG by extension... Bahahahahahahaha!"

Wolfman: "Thanks for not forgetting us." *Sarcasm.*

Kuja Tribal: "...Wolfman, talk some sense into this lunatic."

Wolfman: "Roger."

Kuja Tribal: "He referred to you several times while stalking us and destroying our stuff."

Wolfman gives his beam saber to VG temporarily.

VG stores it.

Wolfman: "Lynk, I think we need to talk."

Lynk: "This is your chance to stop Kuja! Even my evil side cannot let him win!"

Wolfman: "Why would I want to do that?"

Lynk: "Kuja... he's controlling you... controlling everyone!"

Wolfman: "I don't feel like anyone has hacked into my programming."

Lynk: "Only Zio, I, and Ivan Robotnik remain free!"

Wolfman: "However, I think you have some issues... Perhaps you'd want to see the Doctor? I'm sure there are more than three individuals."

Lynk: "...Why must you force me to do this?"

Wolfman: "I'm not forcing you to do anything."

Metal Man (GM): Lynk pulls out a detonator.

Wolfman: "Either you are choosing to do this, or someone else is making you."

Lynk: "Warn the Questers... Kuja is after you!"

Metal Man (GM): Lynk presses the button.

Wolfman: "...Kuja just helped us here. NO!"

Metal Man (GM): *COLOSSAL EXPLOSION.*

VG: *Ducks into his hat.*

Metal Man (GM): The entire group is teleported outside of the tower... Just in time to see it suddenly explode. Locos would see it as well. Kuja... now bitterly angry for the first time for a long while... punches a tree down.

Lynk: "You don't have to trust me. But we need some way to convince the Questers that Kuja is evil!"

Charles Magellean stops with a screech. ". . . ."

Metal Man (GM): Lynk seems desperate.

Charles Magellean: "I am no longer involved in this stupid scrabble between the alleged people of power, the quizzical Questers, their arrogance, and there high-horse attitude."

Lynk: "Then... what are you?"

Charles Magellean: "I am what I was originally."

Lynk: "What's that?"

Charles Magellean: "Charles Magllean; human/lunarian breed of the second moon of earth of dimension fy-55."

Lynk: "Well... then why are you still carrying all those shiny weapons? Unless they're Earthly or Lunarian..."

Charles Magellean: "These are mine, fair and square. I am taking these so no one here will abuse them." *He goes forward. *3 minutes of waltzing forward and listening to lynk plead later**

Lynk: "...So?"

Charles Magellean: "So you see, my mind has come to the conclusion that I am no longer fit to serve with people who are insane." *He enters the chamber door.*

Lynk: "But... I'm not insane? I mean... I could do things for you? Something?"

Charles Magellean: "Nova... deactivate the guns. It's me."

Nova: "Affirmative... who's the person following you?"

Charles Magellean: "Like I said, I am not going to be involved in this unrealistic war of alphamale smackdown for the planet. You can come with me if you want refuge, advice... and such. A person with a long story. Open the gate to my homeworld. I would like to leave Nintendus."

Nova: "Affirmative. Incoming transmission."

Eggman: "Greetings Locos! What brings you to warping here?"

Charles Magellean: "The wars of Nintendus have escalated to places that I cannot bear anymore. That and people are not good at following orders. Or sticking to plans."

Charles Magellean: "The plan was... nevermind. Just do as you wish, Lynk. I will not be with the Questers, Smashers, Grunty, X-Nauts, Kuja, Zio, Gerald, Ivan, and the other 15 factions of this world."

Lynk: "You could radio me messages..."

Charles Magellean: "Right. Warp online, Bob?"

Eggman: "Sure! It's always nice to have you over."

Lynk: "What about that Valhalla thingy?"

Charles Magellean: "You can have it if you can get it."

Lynk: "I can? Sweet! I'll glorify your name all over the world!"

Metal Man (GM): Lynk runs off... still crazy.

Charles Magellean: "Use your name."

Lynk: "...Fine." *Disappears.*

Charles Magellean: "I'll... not see you again, Nova." *He enters the warp after disengaging the rocket chair.*

Metal Man (GM): *WARP* Locos warps to his home planet.

Eggman: "Greetings, Charles. Can I get you some coffee?"

Charles Magellean: "No."

Eggman: "Okay then." *Goes back to typing.*

Charles Magellean: "How is Earth doing?"

Eggman: "It morphed into Nintendus."

Metal Man (GM): j/k

Editor's Note: *Bursts into laughter for about 10 minutes at that joke for reasons people reading this will never understand*

Eggman: "...It's a normal looking Earth to me. A futuristic land of technology and magic. Though they have been talking 'bout this new faction of people who are constructing a huge machine to control the planet. It's called Nova. It'll take decades to complete, though..."

Charles Magellean: "Well... I could be mistaken."

Eggman: "We all make mistakes... it's up to you whether or not you think it is a mistake. Lynk there... as I heard in the background... must be repenting for something."

Charles Magellean: "How is your progress on this barren land?"

Eggman: "Slow, but terraforming is succeeding. The monsters like to attack. It's nice and calm out here. Of course, the Earthlings occasionally fight."

Eggman: "...No. We haven't touched anything that would make those things attack. After all, we're just starting... the caves look ominous."

Charles Magellean: "Then the Crystals of the Moon are still doing their job and are still very powerful. What about the hair dryers, the oversized cells, the grey-bomb creatures, and the puddings of the above ground? Keeping them at bay?"

Eggman: "Yup... they attack a lot, though."

Charles Magellean: "Ya know, I used to hunt those once rare creatures."

Eggman: "Maybe you should hunt them again... and what about your relatives? Should we free them from stasis?"

Charles Magellean: "Unfortunately, their under the Moon Palace. To try to go their would mean having to go through the moon's core. And the moon core is where Zemus and his loyal beasts lurk and are sealed. Puddings may be giving you the most trouble. Them and their extreme resistance to weapons."

Eggman: "Well, I never thought of that, but that might be the problem... Oh yes... I received an email through that warp which might intrigue you. It says that Lumis Dongthar is your evil twin brother from another dimension... sent by that mysterious Kuja person."

Charles Magellean: "Regard that as spam."

Eggman: "Okay..."

Charles Magellean: "Now that I think about it... they don't like ice. I sniff... they're coming."

Eggman: "What should we do?"

Charles Magellean: "Ready some fire extinguisher, a freeze gun, and the biggest piece of magical using technology you can."

Eggman: "Right... large pivoting deathray with minor modification it is." *Snaps his fingers. You can hear pivoting and a large target camera appears on screen* "I've routed the air conditioning into it to give it the right icy effect."

Charles Magellean: "The problem is that they can regenerate much faster than the other kind of puddings on earth. Do what you can."

Eggman: "I have all the extra fire extinguishers with eggrobos ready to attack if they get into range."

Metal Man (GM): The target shows the cannon aiming at a large pack of puddings.

Eggman: "Three... two... one... fire!"

Metal Man (GM): *BAM* It fires a huge ray, which is 20 feet in radius and long enough to impact the puddings.

Charles Magellean: "Glad I could help. I've had a vendetta against the damn puddings."

Metal Man (GM): The frosty beam freezes a 100 foot area around the blast crater in addition to atomizing stuff like the ground and anything not tough enough to take such a large deathray.

Charles Magellean opens the door to the outside. There's usually one strangler.

Metal Man (GM): There is a single one... it oozes around the large frozen mess that used to be other puddles. The entire base is surrounded by eggrobos with fire extinguishers. *El Battle.*

Charles Magellean: "While you monstrosities aren't smart enough to talk, you're just full of mischief and cruelty. Slash of the night!" *He pulls out his onyx sword and slashes at the dark grey pudding.*

Metal Man (GM): Hit.

Charles Magellean: *15% dark.*

Metal Man (GM): Half damage.

Charles Magellean ends his turn in a defensive stance.

Metal Man (GM): The pudding tries to ram into you. If hit, 40% damage. Your turn. The Eggrobos will assist you on command.

Charles Magellean: "Now I understand... this one was weakened from the blast. Yet my Lunar skills need sharpened." *He gets out his last request.*

Charles Magellean: "Since it's weakened... it takes more damage than usual... and has less evasion. Robos... fire extinguishers. Fire at will."

Metal Man (GM): Five robos have joined the battle! They open fire on the pudding. The pudding is frozen solid. Locos gained 20 EXP!

Charles Magellean: "Now that I think about it... puddings don't really have a weakness." *He slashes away the frozen statue.*

Metal Man (GM): It slices in two and shatters. Meanwhile, the Questers are warped to HQ... where Mewtwo appears to be looking rather... confused.

VG: "...uh oh."

Wolfman just stands at attention.

VG doesn't have a good feeling this time... he doesn't recall seeing Mewtwo ever being confused...

Mewtwo: "...Hello... I got the strangest news. You were close to failing the mission, and fought in an attempt to fail it... But a lunatic appeared and did the mission for you, claiming he was a 'Real Quester'... ...Is there any way to explain why you aided your enemies in an attempt to save the tower?"

VG: "My reason for entering the mission was more personal than the others. I just wanted the prices down and the materials coming back in. Grunty got kicked out, and I have nothing personal against Kuja."

Wolfman: "...as for me, I was in a similar situation before. I recognized what VG was doing, and offered to help. Basically, they helped us, so it was fair that we help them this once."

Mewtwo: "What makes even less sense is that an evil Quester wielding moves which are impossible to do anymore had enough power to thwart all five of you. The tape shows that he stole... the fighter remote..."

Wolfman: "He said that he somehow did some switcheroo trick."

Metal Man (GM): Mewtwo pulls out the fighter remote... presses a button on it... it makes a squeaky noise like a dog toy.

VG chuckles at the sound.

Mewtwo: "...So I've been pointing a squeaky toy at new members for two years?"

Metal Man (GM): Mewtwo facepalms and then laughs deliriously.

Wolfman: "...I'm thinking that this switch might have... um, Mewtwo?"

VG: .oO(Since when did HE ever laugh?)

Mewtwo: "This explains EVERYTHING!"

Wolfman: *Both* "...what?"

Mewtwo: "The whole reason... Kuja helps us... the reason this maniac attacked him... the reason nobody uses melee moves anymore! All this time I thought you were just adapting the melee moves to look like your own! ...But... this is a double edged sword... If this is true, then the fighter remote is no longer needed..."

Wolfman and mushroom are definitely confused...

Mewtwo: "But Kuja wants to keep it away from us... And that maniac wants to save the day..."

Wolfman: "...are you suggesting that perhaps... we can actually perform all of the moves with practice, and not with a tool?"

Mewtwo: "More than that! Most of you have made your own, more effective moves! The moves that person was using were at Omega... and you still defeated him. He had powers of a level TWENTY THREE Quester... And then some!"

Wolfman: "...technically, we didn't 'beat' him."

Mewtwo: "But you could have."

Wolfman: "He chose to detonate the tower with explosives. ...some of which I think were stolen from us."

Mewtwo: "The only thing that stopped you was that he fled earlier, and then later he fled again after detonating explosives. If he wasn't such an insane coward, I might just invite him to help us again..."

Wolfman: "...that's kind of the thing."

Mewtwo: "The only thing I wonder... is what about Bowser and Ganondorf?"

Mewtwo: "Well, that is the problem... Kuja has constantly only made fringe offenses. And he obviously let this madman win..."

VG: "But he did restore some of our supply lines... right?" *He is hoping that Kuja didn't just pull a magic trick.*

Mewtwo: "He gave us supplies. The problem is that the prices were up... not because of Grunty... But because of demand outpacing supply!"

VG: "... But... the mission... Grunty making all items... the tower..." *He faints.*

Mewtwo: "I have a feeling Kuja conned us again. The whole issue with Grunty was a feint. The madman was the only thing which seems to have put a crack in his mysterious ways... And if he's with Doopliss and Gerald... ...What... is... going... on?"

Wolfman: "Here is my opinion right now. Kuja did us some sort of favor... even if he does benefit more."

Metal Man walks in... he clears his throat.

Wolfman: "And Lynk, the 'Real Quester', tried to take all of us out."

Metal Man: "Hello, Wolfman, Mewtwo. I have heard about Lynk."

Wolfman: "...perhaps we need to--hello Metal."

Metal Man: "...And... I have concluded he was trying to help you. He... was evil. Yes."

VG gets up slowly...

Metal Man: "But... he possesses a good side which... can skew his perception."

Wolfman: "So wait..."

Metal Man: "...So while he had all the appearance of wanting to hurt you, he was actually attacking Kuja..."

Wolfman: "How would you know this?"

Metal Man: "I was a Quester alongside him for a long time... and it is blaringly obvious." *He replays the constant pleas of Lynk, followed by Lynk interfering only when he runs out of options. "No evil person would beg for help like that. He would probably have left you to be tricked. ...That... and..." *He looks down a bit.

VG is taking all of this in slowly...

Metal Man: "I was deceived and almost killed by Kuja before, you know. I'd trust a raving lunatic against a trickster. It's up to you... he saved the mission."

Mewtwo: "...About that... I'm not sure how to pay you. He deserves a good 1/4th of the pay."

Wolfman: "Give him my share."

Mewtwo: "For while the mission objective was obsolete, it had to be done. I'll remember that... I give you the amount of coins you deserve otherwise, VG."

VG: "...Mewtwo, what was the point of that mission then?"

Metal Man (GM): VG gains 1000 coins.

Mewtwo: "To discover... that we have been living in an illusion made by Kuja."

Mewtwo: "Not until it was broken... no. I was the one tricked into using a false fighter remote."

Metal Man: "The madman... he came back, attacked you, then suddenly went even more insane when he saw Kuja. Perhaps he was outside the illusion to begin with and thus saw that he was tricking everyone. Or he could have been controlled by the fighter remote."

Wolfman: "Well... I do think we need to take care of a few things. First... perhaps we should re-learn how the Smashers do their moves. Second... we need to re-figure out our purpose as Questers."

Wolfman: "Third... Metal, I thought Mewtwo just said that we didn't need it."

Metal Man: "No one wants to attack the Stadium."

Wolfman: "And that practice could do the job."

Metal Man: "He said we didn't need it to do our own and similar moves, but there are still a few moves which cannot be practiced so easily. I should add... very few will probably want them anymore. This is why we have the problem."

Wolfman: "...I'm not saying we have to know how to do EVERY move..."

Metal Man: "The stadium is the safest place on Nintendus. The rest of the world is almost always in peril. We are supposed to protect the safest place on Nintendus."

VG: "So then why don't we just lease ourselves as heroes of other lands or something?"

Metal Man: "But yet, attacks on here ceased almost entirely after a couple skirmishes. We could, yes... but then there is another problem. Are we truly the heroes of this world? I keep on seeing us being named as greedy, gullible, destructive, and blind."

Wolfman: "..."

Metal Man: "This attack of Lynk has only confused me more."

Wolfman: "...gullible and blind... well, those two traits fit me."

Metal Man: "Are there others like him who continue to be like the old, but seem insane because they are out of place?"

Wolfman: "Hmm... are the Smashers ever called out anymore to be heroes?"

Metal Man: "We do what they used to do. The main fix, though... is centered around Kuja."

VG: "...you aren't suggesting we have to take him out right away, right?"

Metal Man: "If we dealt with him... perhaps his control would unravel, and we could return the world to how it should be. Not right away... too obvious. We must take apart all others who might interfere first. The experience should be enough for us to take him out without resorting to items of magical power. But... remember... do not trust him again."

Wolfman: "...that might be difficult."

Metal Man: "If you defy him needlessly, he may attack, but being dead with Kuja unable to control anything is better than to be a living slave."

Wolfman: "I've been on both sides of various conflicts..."

Metal Man: "If he cannot control anything, perhaps the way things should be will break through this Good Future facade..."

Editor's Note: Interesting. It wasn't a later invention that the Ivan Robotnik "Good Future" was a lie.

Wolfman: "I don't like attacking unless I have to. ...I think we might have to put up a minor front. Allow 'some' trust talks and stuff, but somehow keep the rest behind the scenes if you want to accomplish this."

Metal Man: "Perhaps. Furthermore... next mission, we seek out Lynk."

VG: "...you mean that psycho? You sure he'd be good for us?"

Metal Man: "A psycho who can protect us from the stronger psycho. That fighter remote, or something, gives him the power to deny Kuja... like we did long ago... We actually beat him back, despite losing many people. That was when he went insane. Alys stopped him... Oh, yes. We will need to build a transformer."

VG: "...so we need the fighter remote... and perhaps the advanced moves it can give... ...won't any other containment item do?"

Metal Man: "We need the fighter remote, the parts for a transformer, Lynk, and we might as well kill Gerald's program to get the emeralds for backup. No. Kuja can break the triforce. He was dead when he came here. The mere use of Trance revived him beyond his original form. And he gets more and more powerful."

Wolfman: "...does that mean that no one else here should attempt to Trance? What about this Overdrive thing?"

Metal Man: "Overdrive... is not susceptible."

VG: "Either way, you still look silly when you do it."

Metal Man: "I don't do it anymore... at least, not in this form. But there is another thing we need. A replacement technique for Trance."

VG: "What would that be?"

Wolfman: "Hmm..."

Metal Man: "We must get it from the Mr. Saturns in Saturn Valley. At least, that's my idea for where to start looking."

Wolfman: "Okay, I've heard they are magical and all... but are you sure?"

Metal Man: "They might tell us a good place to look. ...Or we might be attacked by barf hordes. You never know."

VG: "Well... I at least want to know where we stand as Questers before I turn in. Wolfman's recent thoughts... and Locos's departure... well, it kind of confuses me."

Mewtwo: "Then it is agreed... we must stop Kuja. He may explain or lose control then, which would prompt us to see what he's doing."

Wolfman: "Stop Kuja, get fighter remote, get Lynk, somehow make time to fix up Nova and rescue Banjo, Kazooie and Mumbo..."

Metal Man: "..."

Mewtwo: "...Oh... yeah..."

Wolfman: "...at this rate, I'll never get to retire."

Mewtwo: "...They were kind of... in the tower... When it exploded..."

Metal Man: "I knew I forgot something!"

VG: "..."

Wolfman: "..."

Mewtwo: "Good thing they were in that prison... but now, you'll have to brave radiation and a collapsed ruin to get to them!"

Metal Man (GM): You get yer Zora Breather There's nothing important left for now; I must replan some of my stuff ahead and think of what to do next. So, Sleep it.

Digifanatic is sitting at the couch, holding his now-unusing Lucky Start badge. "I gotta get to G&W or Oak about this thing... it's not been acting properly..." He heads to the Item Shop.

Garrick Fy`aar is currently in the holorooms, just unloading on whatever random targets it's giving him.

Digifanatic: "Excuse me, G&W."

Mr. Game and Watch: "...Yes?"

Digifanatic: *He shows G&W his badge. * "I've been using this badge for quite a while, and as of lately, it hasn't really been quite as acting up to its name... sometimes it has worked, but other times it's just been giving out lame and not very lucky starts at all." "I was just making sure that it's okay to use and that it will not do that sort of thing that could lead to unlucky situations for us in battle. And even if, I'm probably going to sell it as it is."

Mr. Game and Watch: "Well, you know the drill."

Digifanatic: "I guess... I just don't want this badge to ruin our chances rather than to help them." *He gives G&W the badge. * "Might as well call it a final deal, regardless."

Mr. Game and Watch: *Pays Digi 1666 coins.*

Digifanatic: "Well, this gives me an opportunity for something else."

Garrick Fy`aar sighs and shakes his head, then heads back to the warp room and warps away to Nova's place, immediately going to work on one of his various projects...

Spyke sits in his room as he usually does, tinkering with possible badge combinations and the like.

Digifanatic: "I think I'll take a Dodge Master." *He gives G&W back the coins and the other 623 coins to make up the rest.*

Garrick Fy`aar sits at one of the various chairs and pulls some weird little gadget and works on it...

Mr. Game and Watch: *Nods, takes the coins, and gives the badge to Digi.*

Digifanatic: "Thanks." *He takes the badge, puts in on, and heads back to R&R.*

Aribar stops in at the shops...

Spyke continues to tinker with his item combinations for a bit before standing from his chair slowly and heading for the shops, carrying only his coins.

Digifanatic stops, goes back, thinks for a moment, and heads back in for an always-helpful X Acc, pays the 1500, and walks back to R&R. "These always come in handy."

Aribar buys... 18 Maple Syrups... And 6 Green Potions. He then goes back to being broke. He heads to his room.

Garrick Fy`aar: "Hmm... can you extend your barrier around a large object for a small amount of time? Say... twenty seconds? Just till it gets out of the area?"

Nova: "Yes."

Garrick Fy`aar: "Good... that should do it..." *He slowly walks around the area, thinking to himself... "...if I did this... right from here... to here... with a wingspan from... here... to about... here... then that should be big enough..." *He walks around the area, talking to himself... He climbs back up the ladder "Nova, how far is it from the wall down there to the outside?"

Nova: "100 feet."

Garrick Fy`aar: "...that'll be a challenge... cutting down that metal steel wall... then hollowing out the rock... I'd need something advanced... like a laser or something... Nova, could your defense lasers cut through all that? Then warp the debris out?"

Nova: "The problem is that the defense lasers are programmed to minimize damage to the base. You would need to reprogram them... I suggest using the scrap ones which need to be repaired."

Garrick Fy`aar: "Ah. Just point me toward them."

Nova: *Opens up a compartment in the wall. A huge pile of defense lasers, all broken or damaged, lands on the floor.*

Nova: "Knock yourself out. You won't need all of them, but if you could fix them, I could use more-- You never asked. To tell you of all the compartments would take years..."

Garrick Fy`aar: "...open up a few more."

Nova: *Opens up some more.*

Metal Man (GM): The first one is empty... save for some dry sand.

Garrick Fy`aar scans whatever is inside some of them...

Metal Man (GM): The next, a bag labeled 'Corn' flies out. And the third one, a whole lot of tools come out.

Garrick Fy`aar: "Hey, those will come in handy. ...one more. For the hell of it."

Nova: "Sure."

Metal Man (GM): The last one opens, and a bunch of plastic dishware comes out.

Garrick Fy`aar: "...one more. For the hell of it. ...remind me to ask you to open more later. I'm curious if you have anything really special in there. Or at least something I can use..." *He starts carting the tools that fell out and all the broken defense lasers over to a empty spot of table. He goes straight to work repairing and reprogramming them for digging use...* "Anything... damn, this nut is stubborn... anything interesting happen that I should know about, Nova?"

Nova: "Locos went back to his home planet, claiming that he quit from doing anything in this realm."

Garrick Fy`aar: "...pfft, not surprising... remind me to go have a talk with him, if we can get a good warp to his realm..."

Nova: "Lynk showed himself to be both bad and good. Kuja remains, ironically, the person who was being attacked."

Garrick Fy`aar: "...huh." *He works pretty fast. This wasn't really that hard, and it was good practice with laser type weapons. He pushes a few laser to the sides and moves on to the next batch.*

Charles Magellean: "...Bob. Contact Nova."

Garrick Fy`aar finishes up the lasers and makes a few stands for them "How fast will these things cut through that metal, Nova?"

Eggman: "Affirmative."

Nova: "It will take about a minute to pierce the metal while attacking with a concentrated beam. Incoming communication."

Metal Man (GM): The screen shows Locos.

Garrick Fy`aar: "...oh, it's you. What do you want?"

Charles Magllean: "I'm coming to Nintendus for one final outgoing with the Questers. After yesterday, I owe you one last adventure together."

Garrick Fy`aar: "Why'd you leave in the first place, Lo... Charles?"

Charles Magllean: "After yesterday's circumstances, I cannot bear to be involved in the rash events of Nintendus."

Garrick Fy`aar: "Of course..."

Charles Magllean: "I know you would not want to understand, so I will be make it short."

Garrick Fy`aar stands up and walks closer to the screen, leaning against the table "Listen to me for a second, Charles. You need to get yourself straight. You have all these high and mighty ideals that you live by. So do I, and I lived by them too. But this isn't your world or my world or anyone's world. It's this weird place that has a LOT of problems. You were chosen to help fix those problems. So was I. If you keep running away, this world is going to be really screwed."

Charles Magllean nods. "Can you set a warp when you are ready?"

Nova: "Ready to activate warp."

Garrick Fy`aar: "Go ahead and do it then, Nova..."

Charles Magllean: "...How about when you're not busy, Garrick? I'll come by then."

Garrick Fy`aar: "Up to you."

Charles Magllean: "Oh by all means, that's up to you. I'm not going to interfere when you're working on something."

Garrick Fy`aar: "I try to hear everyone out, Charles." *He sits back down and starts building stands for those lasers to go on...* "You have something to say? I'm listening."

Charles Magllean: "The moment he branded me a traitor the first time, he's never trusted me."

Garrick Fy`aar: "Well, Aribar is as set in his ways as you are. If I was still set in my ways, I would have quit the Questers a long time ago and blow a LOT of buildings up."

Charles Magllean: "Just make sure that elf doesn't attack me and I'll try to put up with some of their behavior."

Garrick Fy`aar: "If you do do something, I'll make sure Nova warps you straight out of here."

Charles Magllean: "As much as I would appreciate that idea, I'll make sure to do otherwise."

Garrick Fy`aar finishes up his work on the stands before he sighs and stands up.

Charles Magllean: "Want any help?"

Garrick Fy`aar: "Nah, nothing really. I'm just going to hollow out the lower area to build a hanger... I'm thinking about building a ship, but I need plans and materials... I have neither... Unless I make it out of junk... or whatever I find here in Nova... You don't happen to have some plans or materials around that base of yours that I can use, do you?"

Charles Magllean: "You'd have to talk with Bob with that."

Garrick Fy`aar: "...huh... Nova, contact Bob..."

Nova: "Affirmative."

Charles Magllean: "There might be some of ...*Shakes his head*."

Eggman: "Yes, what is it now?"

Garrick Fy`aar: "Hello doctor. I was wondering if you had any ship parts or plans that you wouldn't mind parting with."

Charles Magllean wonders... "Nova... is there any archives of a Tower of Bab-il on Nintendus?"

Nova: "Negative."

Eggman: "Well... I need everything I have here... We're constantly under attack!"

Garrick Fy`aar: "Alright, alright, no problem. I'll find something... maybe they have some stuff in the hanger in the stadium... well, thanks anyway."

Charles Magllean: "Any of the subterranean enemies, Bob?"

Eggman: "Nope."

Metal Man (GM): You get an incoming transmission... From Valhalla Fortress.

Charles Magllean: "Is it just me, or is it that each time I come here, trouble begins to rear its ugly head around me?"

Lynk: "I'll try as hard as I can!"

Metal Man (GM): The connection is then mysteriously severed.

Garrick Fy`aar: "Nova, see if you can help him. ...what... what happened?!"

Nova: "The power needed by the cannon deactivated the communications. The beam... is ready to fire now."

Garrick Fy`aar: "Nova, hack into Valhala's system and reroute the targeting!"

Nova: *Shows a picture of Valhalla Fortress flying towards Zio's castle* "Their communications are down, thus they cannot be hacked. Like if you turned off the internet access before a hacker could get you."

Zio: "...Despite being an idiot, he appears to know the right people to steal from."

Charles Magllean: "To take down Zio would be an honor. I am a double agent so it should be easy to fool his army."

Nova: "...While I doubt Lynk will win, the distraction will prevent Zio from overwhelming us with electronic weapons."

Charles Magllean: "...You mean there's a chance Valhalla will..."

Garrick Fy`aar: "We have to take that risk."

Nova: "I just hope you had a good insurance on Valhalla."

Garrick Fy`aar: "Besides, in the hands of Lynk, who KNOWS what he would do?"

Nova: "He may even set it to self destruct and ram Zio's castle. Before, he's brainlessly tackled Kuja and ran off with a weapon of mass destruction. He's also attacked the Questers head-on... everything points to insanity."

Lynk: "...Eat windshield wipers, foul scum!"

Charles Magllean: "! ..."

Zio: "...Please stop that annoying noisemaking. It hurts my ears."

Charles Magllean: "Without my dex, I can't call the X-Nauts."

Lynk: "Oh, yeah. About them. I kind of invited them to help me take over Valhalla."

Metal Man (GM): Grodus appears in the camera.

Garrick Fy`aar: "...jeez..."

Charles Magllean: "Well thank you for not telling me, Lynk."

Grodus: "He offered us half interest in this operation."

Lynk: "Well, I was gonna surprise you with it on your birthday, but... oh well."

Charles Magllean: "Do what you can, Emperor Grodus." *He crosses his arms in the X-salute. He lowers his arms.*

Grodus: "Of course. X-nauts! Reinforce those fighters."

Metal Man (GM): The explosions get more intense as the two huge ships get close enough for docking range.

Charles Magllean: "We need one more favor... ...We'll need Ganondorf's help." *blast... I must go for a moment say not the line until I get back.*

Charles Magellean: "Okay, so either dark world prisoner for help isn't a good idea."

Nova: "It might be fun."

Charles Magellean: "You know... in case Dark Force wants to protect its little puppet. If in case they help, and worse comes to terrible, an X-Zone shot would keep them in line."

Nova: "The battle is currently dead even. The only loser, of course, is Zio, in this case, as the battle is damaging his headquarters. Valhalla's shields are holding."

Charles Magellean: "There's me or Garrick can do until other Questers are there."

Metal Man (GM): We pauze here. However, of note: Garbage Can section is almost done.